Friday, June 05, 2009
Big Ben
Ben takes 3rd in the two mile!
It was a huge race.
He did exactly what he had to to win and was in contention right up to the last turn. Brilliant and fun to watch.
Ben sat in second behind Luterbach for the first mile. He took the lead to start the second half and led laps 5 and 7 before getting out kicked by keene and luterbach in the final 300 meters. Luterbach had an insane kick left and won easily. Ben ran a very even race and looked strong the whole way, just let the other two talk him out of it at the end ( don't ever look back Ben). Won't happen again next year I'm sure.
Awesome race. Congratulations Ben!
UPDATE:
I suppose times would help.
Ben ran: 9:42.2 almost 10 seconds better than his seed time coming in but 5 or 6 seconds shy of his PR.
Luterbach won in 9:35 and Keene was 9:39.
a really gutsy race all the way around.
Read more!
It was a huge race.
He did exactly what he had to to win and was in contention right up to the last turn. Brilliant and fun to watch.
Ben sat in second behind Luterbach for the first mile. He took the lead to start the second half and led laps 5 and 7 before getting out kicked by keene and luterbach in the final 300 meters. Luterbach had an insane kick left and won easily. Ben ran a very even race and looked strong the whole way, just let the other two talk him out of it at the end ( don't ever look back Ben). Won't happen again next year I'm sure.
Awesome race. Congratulations Ben!
UPDATE:
I suppose times would help.
Ben ran: 9:42.2 almost 10 seconds better than his seed time coming in but 5 or 6 seconds shy of his PR.
Luterbach won in 9:35 and Keene was 9:39.
a really gutsy race all the way around.
Read more!
